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THE DECLINE OF FIELDWORK IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY∗

Robert A. Rundstrom, Martin S. Kenzer • The Professional Geographer (1989)

Fieldwork has been an important component of human geography. A multi-decade analysis of articles in three major journals shows that human geographers since the mid-1970s have produced less fieldwork-based research than ever before in this ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0033-0124.1989.00294.x

Health Technologies as a Cost-Driver in Canada

Paul V. Grootendorst, Hai Thanh Nguyen, Alexandra Constant, Minsup Shim • TSpace (University of Toronto) (2011)

This report describes our estimation of the effects of technological change (TC) on health care (HC) expenditures in Canada during the period 1996-2008. We focus on the effect of TC on overall nominal expenditures, as well as the effects of...

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ENHANCING LEAN SUPPLY CHAIN MATURITY WITH BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT

Jurij Jaklic, Peter Trkman, Ales Groznik, Mojca Indihar Stemberger • Journal of Information and Organizational Sciences (2006)

In today’s global market the main focus of competition is not only between different companies but also between supply chains. Technological changes and organizational improvements are important for effective supply chain management (SCM), ...

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Soft Robotics: New Perspectives for Robot Bodyware and Control

Cecilia Laschi, Matteo Cianchetti • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2014)

The remarkable advances of robotics in the last 50 years, which represent an incredible wealth of knowledge, are based on the fundamental assumption that robots are chains of rigid links. The use of soft materials in robotics, driven not on...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2014.00003 PMC: 4090912

Cybersecurity

Jon Clay • Wiley eBooks (2023)

Cybersecurity has evolved over the years to become a critical component for businesses and individuals alike. As malicious actors have grown in numbers and continued to change their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), the cybersecur...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119987635.ch22

Software engineering for mobility

Gruia-Catalin Roman, Gian Pietro Picco, Amy Lynn Murphy • Future of Software Engineering (FOSE) (2000)

Mobility is redefining the hardware and software fabric of distributed systems. Wireless communication allows network hosts to participate in a distributed computation while on the move. Novel middleware technologies allow software componen...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/336512.336567

District Heating Tariffs, Economic Optimisation and Local Strategies during Radical Technological Change

Søren Djørup, Karl Sperling, Steffen Nielsen, Poul Alborg Østergaard et al. • Energies (2020)

This paper addresses economic aspects of heat savings in the context of strategic heat planning. The analysis uses the city of Aalborg, Denmark, as a case where municipalisation through a recent acquisition of a coal-fired cogeneration of h...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/en13051172

The Investigation of Impact of Complement Policy for Energy Price Policy Reform on Transport Sector in Iran by Computable General Equilibrium

Roholla Mahdavi • Pizhūhishnāmah-i Iqtiṣād-i Inirzhī-i Īrān (2014)

With regard to the ever-increasing need for energy in current societies to satisfy various requirements, scientists and researchers from different countries, such as Iran, have a basic approach in their agenda to achieve renewable energies،...

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Computer Vision in the Metaverse

Kemal Gökhan Nalbant, Şevval UYANIK • DergiPark (Istanbul University) (2021)

Metaverse is a rapidly developing new technology today. The purpose of this article is to examine this technology from a computer vision and general perspective. In this study, a comprehensive review of Metaverse concepts in computer vision...

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Artificial intelligence in developing countries: The impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for development

Nishith Reddy Mannuru, Sakib Shahriar, Zoë Abbie Teel, Ting Wang et al. • Information Development (2023)

This paper explores the potential impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI) on developing countries, considering both positive and negative effects across various domains of information, culture, and industry. Generative ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/02666669231200628

Occupational exposures, complementarity and the potential consequences of A.I. for the labour market: some evidence from Ireland

Harry Williamson, Dermot Coates, Kevin Daly, Keith FitzGerald et al. • Journal for Labour Market Research (2025)

Abstract The adoption of AI technology by industry could significantly disrupt our current understanding of “typical” economic activity. As AI comes to pervade more sectors and occupations over time, it is likely that this technology will g...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12651-025-00418-w